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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.