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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.