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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.