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Appropriate Preposition:
- Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
- Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
- Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
- Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
- Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
- Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
Idioms:
- Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
- Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
- At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
- Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.