"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.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.