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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )