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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.