"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.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.