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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.