"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.