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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.