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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.