"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.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.