"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.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.