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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.