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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )