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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • 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.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.