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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.