"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.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.