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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.