"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.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up