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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.