"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.