"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.