"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.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.