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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.