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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.