"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).
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.