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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )