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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.