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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses