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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.