"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.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.