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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.