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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.

Idioms:

  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )