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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.