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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.