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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.