"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.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.