"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.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.