"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.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.