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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.