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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.