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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.