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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.