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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.