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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.