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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.