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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )