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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.