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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.