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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.