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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.