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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )