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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.