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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.