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Appropriate Preposition:
- False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
- Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
- Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
- Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
- Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
- Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
Idioms:
- Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
- To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
- Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
- Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.