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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.