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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.