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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.