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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.