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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.