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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.