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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.