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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.