"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.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.