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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.