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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.