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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.