"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.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.