"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.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )