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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist