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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.