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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )