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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.