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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.