"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.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )