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Appropriate Preposition:
- Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
- Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
- Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
- Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
- Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
- Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
Idioms:
- Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
- By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
- A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
- Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
- host in himself ( একাই একশ )
- Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.