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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.