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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.