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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.