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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.