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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.