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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.