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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.