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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.