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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.