"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.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.