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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.