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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.