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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.