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Appropriate Preposition:
- Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
- Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
- Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
- Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
- Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
- Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
Idioms:
- Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
- At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
- By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
- Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
- To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
- Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.