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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.