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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.