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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.