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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )