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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )