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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.