"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.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • 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.