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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.