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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.