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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.