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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.