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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.