"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.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.