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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.