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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.