"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.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.