"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.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.