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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home