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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.