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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide