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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )