"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.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.