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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )