"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.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.