"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.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.