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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.