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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.