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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.