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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.