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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.