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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.