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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.