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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.