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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.