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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.