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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.