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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.