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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush