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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.