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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )