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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.