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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.