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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.