"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.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.