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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.