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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.