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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.