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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.