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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.