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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.