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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )