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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.