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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.