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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.