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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.