"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.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )