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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )