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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.