"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.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.