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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.