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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush