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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )