"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.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.