"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.