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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.