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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )