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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.