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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.