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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.