"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.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.