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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.