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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.