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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.