"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.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.