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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.