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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )