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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.