"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.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )