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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.