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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.