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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.