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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.