"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.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.