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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.