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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.