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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.

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.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.