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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.