"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.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.