"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.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.