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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.