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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • 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.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.