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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.