"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.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush