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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.