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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.