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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.