"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.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.