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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.