"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.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.