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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.

Idioms:

  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.