"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.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )