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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.