"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.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )