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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.