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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.