"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.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.