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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.