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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.