"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.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )