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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.