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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • 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.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist