"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.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.