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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.