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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )