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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.