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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.