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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.