"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.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.