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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.