"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.