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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.