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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.