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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.