"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.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.