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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )