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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.