"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.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.