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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.