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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family