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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )