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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.