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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.