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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.