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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )