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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.