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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.