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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.