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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home