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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.