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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.