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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.