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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.