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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • 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.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )