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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.