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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.