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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.