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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )