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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.