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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.