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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.