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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home