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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )