"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.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.