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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.