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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.