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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.