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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )