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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.