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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.