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Appropriate Preposition:
- Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
- Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
- Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
- Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
- Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
- Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
Idioms:
- have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
- bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
- To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
- clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
- bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
- Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.