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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )