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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.