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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.