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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.