"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.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means