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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.