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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.