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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.