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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.