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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.