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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.