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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.