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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.