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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.