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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.