"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.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.