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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )