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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.