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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.