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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.