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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.