"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.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg