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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush