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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.