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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.