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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.