"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.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.