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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.