"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.