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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.