"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.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.