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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.