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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.