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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.