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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.