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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.