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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.