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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.