"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.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.