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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )