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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )