"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.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.