"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.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.