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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )