"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.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.