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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.