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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist