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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.