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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.