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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • 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.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.