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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.