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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.