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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.