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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.