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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.