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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.