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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel