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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.