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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.