"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.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.