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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.