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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.