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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.