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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.