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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.