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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.