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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.