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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.