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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )