"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.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.