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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.