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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.