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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.