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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.