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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.