"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.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.