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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )