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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )