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Appropriate Preposition:
- Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
- Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
- Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
- Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
- Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
- Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
Idioms:
- be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
- A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
- Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
- clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
- Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
- Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush