"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.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.