"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.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.