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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.