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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.