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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )