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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.