"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.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.