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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.