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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.