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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.