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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.