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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.