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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist