"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.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.