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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.