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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.