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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.