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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.