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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.