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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.