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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.