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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.