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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.