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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )