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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.