"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.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.