"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.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.