"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.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )