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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.