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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.