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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.