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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.