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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )