"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.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.