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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.