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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.