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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.