"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.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.