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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.