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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.