"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.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.