"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.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather