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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.