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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.