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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.