"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.