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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel