"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.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.