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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.