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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )