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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )