"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.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.