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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.