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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.