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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )