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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )