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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.