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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Admit into ( প্রবেশাধিকার দেওয়া ) He was admitted into the room.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.