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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.