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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.