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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )