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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.