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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.