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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.