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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.