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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.