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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather