"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.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story