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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.