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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.