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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?