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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.