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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.