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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush