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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.