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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.