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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home