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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.