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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.