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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist