"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.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.