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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.