"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.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.