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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.