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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.