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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.