"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.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.