"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.