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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.