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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.