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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.