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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.