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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.