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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.