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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.