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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.