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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )