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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.