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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.