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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family