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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.