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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family