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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.

Idioms:

  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.