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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.