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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.