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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush