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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.