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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.