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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist