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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.