"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.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.