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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.