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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.