"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.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist