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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.