"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.