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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.