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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • 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 force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.