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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )