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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.