"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.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )