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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.