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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.