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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.