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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.