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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.