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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.