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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.