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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.