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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.