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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.