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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • 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