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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.