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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.