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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • 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.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.