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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.