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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.