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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.