"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.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.