"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.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.