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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )