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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.