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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel