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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.