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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.