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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.