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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.