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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )