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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.