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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.