"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush