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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.