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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.