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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.