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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.