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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )