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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.