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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.