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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.