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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.