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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.