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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.