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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.