"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.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )