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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.