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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.