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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.