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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.