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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.