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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide