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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.