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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.