"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.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )