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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.