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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.