"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.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.