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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.