"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.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.