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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.