"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.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )