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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather